by Jim Lewis, Anglican Ink: Today the Diocese of South Carolina (Diocese) was informed by mail that the South Carolina Supreme Court denied its motions filed for Rehearing and Recusal in its ruling in Appellate Case No. 2015-000622. Doing so finalized a sharply divided ruling that could deprive...

By Mary Frances Schjonberg, ENS: In a complex ruling Aug. 2 the South Carolina Supreme Court said that most but not all the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina congregations whose leaders left the Episcopal Church could not continue to hold on to the church property. The justices said 29 of the...

from ACNA: Meeting in Wheaton, Illinois for Assembly 2017, the Provincial Council unanimously voted in favor of accepting the Diocese of South Carolina into the Anglican Church in North America. Delegates stood in applause after the vote was taken, and the diocesan delegation was officially...

by Canon Philip Ashey, AAC: On behalf of the American Anglican Council I congratulate the Diocese of South Carolina -their Bishop +Mark Lawrence, assisting Bishops +Fitz Allison, +Alex Dickson and +Alden Hathaway, their clergy and all members of the Diocese – on their unanimous decision in...

Today at its 226th Annual Convention, the Diocese of South Carolina voted unanimously to affiliate with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). “I cast my vote to affiliate with the ACNA with eager and expectant faith,” said the Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, the 14th Bishop of South Carolina in...

by Michael Gryboski, Christian Post: A diocese that broke away from The Episcopal Church partly over ideological differences will be joining the theologically conservative Anglican Church in North America. The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, which voted to leave The Episcopal Church back in...